Over the weekend the Chinese Navy harassed an unarmed US Navy ocean survey ship. While listening to this being discussed on Fox News this morning I was amazed how many people were acting surprised by this sudden decline in US / China relations.
Am I the only one who remembers April 2001?
The Navy EP-3 Orion that was hit by the Chinese plane in remarkably similar circumstances. The plane was on patrol in international airspace when the Chinese Air Force began harassing it. A crash resulted and the plane was forced to land in China.
Sound familiar?
I am sure the only thing that didn't go according to plan is that the Chinese probably wanted to force an accident so they would have to provide an "emergency" tow to port. That didn't happen.
This is a test of President Obama. If he holds the line against these chicom bastards then we can probably expect less saber rattling over Taiwan. If not then look for pressure on Taipei to increase.
Note: I deleted the previous post on this because I meesed up the title horribly and couldn't fix it. Content is unchanged.
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